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Category Archives: Starsplash Music News

The Killers Replace Doja Cat As Headliner For Austin City Limits Festival In October

The Killers Replace Doja Cat As Headliner For Austin City Limits Festival In October

The Killers have just been announced as the replacement for Doja Cat as the Sunday night headliners for the Austin City Limits Festival on October 5 and 12. The move comes after Doja withdrew due to promotional commitments for her upcoming album, Vie, which is set for release on September 26. “Unfortunately, I will not…… Continue Reading

Cyndi Lauper Joined By Joni Mitchell, John Legend, Cher, And SZA During Final Show Of Her Farewell Tour

Cyndi Lauper Joined By Joni Mitchell, John Legend, Cher, And SZA During Final Show Of Her Farewell Tour

Cyndi Lauper concluded her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour on Saturday night (August 30) at the Hollywood Bowl with a star-studded final show featuring surprise guest appearances by Joni Mitchell, Cher, SZA, and John Legend. Mitchell, making only her second public performance of 2025, joined Lauper for a rare live performance of “Carey,”…… Continue Reading

Fifth Harmony Reunites For First Time In Seven Years During Surprise Performance At Jonas Brothers Concert

Fifth Harmony Reunites For First Time In Seven Years During Surprise Performance At Jonas Brothers Concert

Fifth Harmony surprised fans at the Jonas Brothers concert in Dallas on Sunday night (August 31) by reuniting on stage for the first time since their 2018 hiatus. 5H members Ally Brooke, Normani, Dinah Jane, and Lauren Jauregui – minus Camila Cabello, who left the group in 2016 – performed their hits “Worth It” and…… Continue Reading

Lady Gaga Will Perform At MTV VMAs For The First Time In Five Years

Lady Gaga Will Perform At MTV VMAs For The First Time In Five Years

Lady Gaga is set to make her first MTV VMAs performance in five years at the 2025 awards show on September 7, where she leads all nominees with 12 total nods, including Artist of the Year and Album of the Year for Mayhem. MTV made the announcement on Instagram over the weekend, writing “There will…… Continue Reading

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’ Has Already Broken A Spotify Record Weeks Ahead Of Its Release

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’ Has Already Broken A Spotify Record Weeks Ahead Of Its Release

Taylor Swift’s upcoming 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, set for release on October 3, has already broken Spotify records by becoming the most pre-saved album Countdown Page in the platform’s history. It surpasses the record previously held by Swift’s 2024 album, The Tortured Poets Department. The pop superstar announced her forthcoming project…… Continue Reading

Stray Kids Claim Seventh Career No. 1 On Billboard 200 Chart With ‘KARMA’

Stray Kids Claim Seventh Career No. 1 On Billboard 200 Chart With ‘KARMA’

Stray Kids’ KARMA debuts atop the Billboard 200 chart, earning the K-pop group the seventh No. 1 of their career. The release notched 313,000 equivalent album units in the United States over the past week, with traditional album sales making up 296,000 of that figure, marking career highs in both totals for the group. All…… Continue Reading

Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, John Legend, and Alanis Morissette To Be Featured On Debut Season Of ‘Words + Music’ On MGM+

Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, John Legend, and Alanis Morissette To Be Featured On Debut Season Of ‘Words + Music’ On MGM+

The new series, Words + Music, produced by Gunpowder & Sky and Audible, will premiere on MGM+ on November 30, featuring artists like Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, John Legend, and Alanis Morissette. During each episode, the musicians will share personal songs and stories in front of small audiences, with the performances fiilmed on Amazon MGM…… Continue Reading

Paramore’s Hayley Williams Releases Correctly Sequenced Version Of Solo Album, ‘Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party’

Paramore’s Hayley Williams Releases Correctly Sequenced Version Of Solo Album, ‘Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party’

Paramore’s Hayley Williams has officially released the properly sequenced version of her new solo album, Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party. The project now features 18 total tracks, including the 17 previously released songs Williams shared back in July, and an additional new tune, “Parachute.” The album was produced entirely by Daniel James, with Williams…… Continue Reading

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” Is No. 1 Track On Billboard’s Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Of The 21st Century Chart

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” Is No. 1 Track On Billboard’s Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Of The 21st Century Chart

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” has been named No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs of the 21st Century chart. The top ranking reflects the track’s record-breaking 59 weeks in the Top 10 – the longest run in the chart’s history since 1958 – and 11 weeks at No. 1, the most among the Weeknd’s…… Continue Reading

Sabrina Carpenter Warns Fans That ‘Man’s Best Friend’ Is “Not For Any Pearl Clutchers”

Sabrina Carpenter Warns Fans That ‘Man’s Best Friend’ Is “Not For Any Pearl Clutchers”

In a short clip promoting her appearance on CBS Mornings on Friday, Sabrina Carpenter warned that her upcoming album, Man’s Best Friend, dropping August 29, is “not for any pearl clutchers” due to its bold themes and sexually explicit lyrics. “But I also think that even pearl clutchers can listen to an album like that…… Continue Reading

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